Jenson Button has revealed that his love of US rock legend Bob Seger and his Silver Bullet Band was one of the abiding memories of his karting days.

Button described the track Like A Rock as his favourite childhood song as part of the End The Silence campaign, in which people have been sharing their musical memories to help raise money for the eight million children around the world that live in orphanages.

The 37-year-old Frome racer, who became Formula One world champion in 2009, said that he would listen to the Seger track after all of his races as a youngster.

He said: “My father loved it, and when I started racing at the age of eight we used to play it all the time in our Transit Van to and from races.

“Whether I won the race or whether I’d finished last, we would blare it out on the way home and have a big smile on our faces, so they were very special memories.”

Button’s message on social media was one of his first since his full-time return to racing in 2018 was confirmed.

The Englishman will race in the Japanese Super GT series after signing a deal to make with Honda in the endurance championship.